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To: pissant; Atlantic Bridge
I still give the Germans the nod for best lager beers though.

A few weeks ago my wife and I dined at a Napa Valley restaurant and ordered the tasters menu (a different wine w/ each course). One pairing was a German Riesling w/scallops. The wine was the best of the evening.

Since then I have tried several other German Rieslings, from the Mosel-Saar-Ruhr area, these wines were absolutely delicious.

I have long had California Rieslings, but they paled in comparison to the German ones that I had.

38 posted on 05/27/2006 10:06:07 AM PDT by Michael.SF. ("I don't think Pat Kennedy is crazy, he's just a drunk" -- G. Gordon Liddy (5-10-06))
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To: Michael.SF.
I have long had California Rieslings, but they paled in comparison to the German ones that I had.

The Germans do that very, very well. There is no real competition for that varietal IMO. I have a few bottles of spectacular '76 that are still wonderful. I do not buy by region, I buy by varietal and choose the appropriate region.

43 posted on 05/27/2006 10:16:57 AM PDT by tortoise
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The Finger Lakes region of New York also produces some wonderful Rieslings & Gewurtztraminers.


53 posted on 05/27/2006 4:17:36 PM PDT by Sisku Hanne (Send "Cut-n-Run" Murtha packing. Support Diana Irey for US Congress!)
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